Category Archives: Urban Development

The official 2015 ULI awards season is upon us! Apply now or forward this message to a colleague who has designed or developed an exceptional project that you think is deserving of recognition. These two global programmes are open to all, not just ULI members. Submissions for these awards are due 16 March 2015. Visit uli.org/awards to apply or more information. The ULI Global Awards for Excellence define the standard for real estate development practice worldwide. In its 37th year, the programme is the centrepiece of ULI’s efforts to identify and promote best practices … Read More

16 Urban Innovation Grants Awarded at the ULI Fall Meeting in NYC By Robert Krueger / October 22, 2014 Sixteen grants totaling $320,000 have been awarded to Urban Land Institute (ULI) district and national councils through ULI’s Urban Innovation Grants program. Only ULI district and national councils are eligible to apply for grants, with awards ranging between $10,000 and $25,000. Funding for this year’s recipients is provided by the ULI Foundation’s Annual Fund and the Kresge Foundation. The ULI Annual Fund, which provided $260,000 of total awards, supports local ULI … Read More

ULI is soliciting input for its next publication. For this publication we will be compiling practical, health-promoting strategies that can be implemented by developers or property owners and managers at the project or building scales. Are you working on a project we should know about? Click here to tell us about it.

The quality of infrastructure systems—including transportation, utilities, and telecommunications—is the most important factor influencing real estate investment and development decisions in cities around the world, according to a survey of public sector and private sector leaders conducted by the Urban Land Institute and EY. The findings are included in the Infrastructure 2014: Shaping the Competitive City report, released this week at ULI’s 2014 Spring Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Related: Infrastructure 2014: Shaping the Competitive City The survey, conducted in January 2014, reflects the opinions of 241 public sector officials and … Read More

Register: March 18 Webinar on Green and Energy-Efficient Housing The ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing’s webinar series, the ULI Housing Interchange, offers timely programming on a range of housing policy issues and real deals. The 2014 series will highlight the latest innovations and trends in residential real estate and community development. Expert speakers will cover topics, including green and energy-efficient housing, mixed use communities, and intergenerational living. Register today for the first webinar in the 2014 series: New Innovations in Green Communities and Energy-Efficient Housing Tuesday, March 18, 2014 1:00 … Read More

Photograph from Completing Our Streets, courtesy of Alec Hamilton/Walk San Diego. From St. Petersburg, Florida to Moscow, Russia, ULI expert teams have drawn attention to the importance of creating places that encourage walking and bicycling. Safety and environmental sustainability are big concerns. Equally striking is how many of these expert teams identified the importance of walking and bicycling to the marketability and economic vitality of the sites under examination. As mentioned in “Embracing the Street: Policies Aimed at Transportation Safety Help Land Development” (Urban Land, Jan/Feb 2014), ULI’s … Read More